Softball Lands Four on CSC Academic All-District Team

OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton Softball's Ella Dalton, Brooklyn Patchen, Kenzie Schopfer and Sydra Seville have been named to the 2025 Academic All-District® Softball teams, selected by College Sports Communicators. It's the second straight year that Dalton and Schopfer have landed on the Academic All-District team, while it is the first time for Patchen and Seville.

The 2025 Academic All-District ® Softball Team, selected by CSC, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America ® program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II and NAIA. Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 17, 2025.

The Bluejays four honorees are tied for the most ever by the Creighton softball team in a single season, while Seville advanced in voting and will be listed on the CSC Academic All-America® Ballot. Academic All-America honorees will be announced in mid-June.

Claiming her second CSC Academic All-District® honor, Dalton boasts a .376 GPA in graphic design and film with a minor in business administration. A two-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and six-time member of the Creighton honor roll, Dalton once again excelled in the classroom and on the field, posting a .265 batting average with nine doubles, 19 RBI, 19 walks and 29 runs scored.

A sophomore from Whitehouse, Ohio, Patchen owns a 3.58 GPA while majoring in exercise science. An NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and a four-time member of the Creighton honor roll, Patchen posted a quality season in the circle for the Bluejays this season. The steady right hander led the way, posting a team-best 11 wins and a 4.18 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 124 innings of work.

Earning her second consecutive CSC Academic All-District® honor, Schopfer graduated this spring with a bachelor's degree in health administration and policy while boasting a 3.85 GPA. The Savannah, Mo. native guided the Bluejays to its second straight BIG EAST Tournament runner-up finish, recording 10 wins, including nine consecutive victories from April 4 to May 8, in the circle. Schopfer, a 2025 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team honoree, also ranked second on the team with a 4.25 ERA and 77 strikeouts in a team-high 141.1 innings of work this season.

Excelling in the classroom and on the field, Seville recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing and management with a 3.56 GPA. A six-time member of the Creighton honor roll, Seville has also earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete recognition twice and was named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in each of her first three years. On the field, Seville was an All-BIG EAST selection twice, an All-BIG EAST Tournament Team choice twice and recently earning a spot on the 2025 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team.

This season, the senior slugger led the BIG EAST, ranked tied for 15^th nationally and set a Creighton single season record with 80 hits, including a BIG EAST single season record with 44 hits in league play. Seville, a First Team All-BIG EAST selection, posted a team-high .396 batting average with nine doubles, two triples, two home runs and a team-leading 46 runs and 21 stolen bases. Seville's 46 runs scored were the fourth-most in school history, while her 21 stolen bases were the seventh-most in a single season in program history and the most by a Bluejay since Melanie Dorsey recorded 24 stolen bags in 2005. In total, Seville reached base safely in 50 of the Bluejays 55 games this spring, ranking second on the team with a .453 on-base percentage.

Academic Standing:

Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
Student-athletes must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.

Athletic Eligibility: Sport-specific Nomination Criteria

SOFTBALL - Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution's games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution's games. For pitchers, a student-athlete must have made at least 17 appearances OR pitched 35 innings.

For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.

Led by Krista Wood, Creighton finished the 2025 season with a 30-25 overall record, posting its first back-to-back 30-win season since 2009-10, while reaching its second consecutive trip to the BIG EAST Tournament Finals.

Softball Lands Four on CSC Academic All-District Team

Players Mentioned

Ella Dalton

Brooklyn Patchen

Kenzie Schopfer

Sydra Seville

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